Cookbook Cooks

There is all the difference in the world between studying science of something and practicing the art of it. We would not like to be served by a cook whose only merit was an ability to recite the cookbook.

Learn to Win

I would rather learn than win.

Constraints

Creativity loves constraints.

Frustration

Frustration is a function of expectation.

Snow Crash

Something I can empathize with, "the kind of person who feels most at home on the dark side of a one way mirror."

Ice honey

There is an expression describing someone as "honey for the icebox" in that cold sweats won't spread

Effort

I read that effort is a punishing stimulus. This explains a lot.

Learning

I read a while ago that a definition of learning as being able to answer questions to increasingly difficult questions.

Choice

I read this in a textbook on thought manipulation. "If presented a choice between two different gains, the less risk is more often chosen. If presented a choice between two different losses the higher risk is more often chosen."

Decisions

I leaned that when people have a difficult decision to make they usually chose the decision that is already made for them.